Regina's Corner

Hey 5th Grade Regina, Middle schools isn't that bad. It's not as scary as everyone makes it out to be. You get more freedom than you do in elementary school (but with more freedom comes more responsibility). Even though you are new this year you will be fine. You will meet many amazing people and make a lot of kind, supportive friends. The teachers are so incredibly nice, they want to see you do well in life and they try to help you with that. The most important thing for you to know is be true to yourself. There will be a lot of ups and downs but stick with your friends and you'll be fine. These four years will go by quickly so enjoy them as much as you can (and as you are enjoying them stay focused in school too). Your next four years at GMS will be great as long as you try your best with everything thrown at your way. Best wishes, Your Future Self

IT'S ALMOST THE END OF THE YEAR AND I'M NOT READY TO GRADUATE!!!! But who cares if I'm ready, I'm graduating in a month anyway. Middle school is about to end and I'm officially going to be a highschooler. In the next month till we graduate there are many fun and exciting things going on like the ABC countdown, Camp MaClean, Graduation dance, Awards Assembly, and the big, really important thing, GRADUATION!There are also thing in the last days of school made to torture us. Those thing are called final exams. They were created for the sole purpose of wanting to make kids cry. Even if and although they were made for torture I still want to study and do well on them. I want to be able to end the year strong and try my best for the rest of middle school (not just the rest of middle school though, I hope I try my best in everything for the remainder of my life).

One thing that I think my relationship with is complicated is school. School can be fun because I get to see my friends and hang out with them, but at the same time it can be difficult. Some subjects in particular are harder than others (which makes sense, duh math and science are going to be harder that English or social studies). I have to make more time to study for those subjects in order to get a good grade. Don't get me wrong school is awesome and important but sometimes it's just difficult. Although school is difficult and complicated it's important and I along with many others are lucky enough to get this great education. I know that one day all the hard work that everyone puts into school will be beneficial.

Well since this week's post is a free post, decided why not write about one of the most recent shows I have watched. I watched this show called 13 Reasons Why (which was based off a book for those of you who don't know). I read the book earlier this year and absolutely loved it so when I heard they were going to make a show based off of it, I was excited to say the least. After waiting and waiting (for what felt like an eternity) it finally came out. The show (and book) is about a girl, Hannah Baker, who commits suicide and leaves these tapes that are her saying her 13 reasons why she took her life. Clay Jensen, a guy who went to school with Hannah and had a crush on her, recieves these tapes one day and he's figuring out why she took her life and what he did to be one of the reasons why. The show really shows that what you do or say to a person can really affect them and what they do and see themselves as. Now I do have to say the show is extremely intense and graphic but

So today I found out that researchers from Hiroshima University in Japan figures out that looking at pictures or videos of cute animals can increase your concentration and efficiency. So here are some pictures of cute animals.

A lot of tributes are for people that have passed away, but not always. A tribute by definition is "a gift, testimonial, compliment, or the like, given as due or in acknowledgment of gratitude or esteem", so this tribute is to my mom. From the day I was born to now she has taken care of me and tried to help me in every way possible. She helps me become the best person I can be. My mom supports me with whatever I do and they always try to lead me in the right direction. She makes me laugh when I'm down and always tries to make things better. I feel bad now thinking about how rude I am to her sometimes even though she didn't do anything wrong and how much she has to deal with, but she always is there for me and my siblings. I'm extremely lucky to have such an amazing, supportive mom and I just wanted to take a moment to say that.